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THE SEA SEQUEL TO THE WEEKEND BOOK by Anthology

THE SEA SEQUEL TO THE WEEKEND BOOK

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Publisher: Random House

Extraordinary variety in collection of material for this anthology, an ideal gift book for a cruise or for any stay-at-home who likes the sea. The perfect bedside book for the men's guestroom. Excellent selections of sea poetry, with the old standbyes and some less familiar ones. Sea stories by such authors as Conrad, Masefield, Crane, Melville, etc. A section containing extracts from journals, letters, reports of ancient explorations, sea battles, modern exploration, and so on. Extracts from source material on mutiny, piracy, shipwreck. Games and costume parties. Ship's Company. Small boat seamanship. Aboard the great liners. Records and runs. First Aid. Glossary. Section at back for diary of voyage, autographs and addresses, notes. And all for